This series consists of original bound and unbound reports, investigations, minutes, newspaper clippings, testimony, correspondence and claims generated by committees, commissions, and joint and special committees enacted over the years by the General Assembly. A majority of the committees were formed by a Joint Resolution of the House and Senate, a House Resolution or a Senate Resolution. Some of the major topics the committees and commissions undertook to investigate and/or report on include the following (although this is not an inclusive list): impeachment trial of W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller-General, for illegal sale of wild lands and consequential bribery charges; investigation into how the Western & Atlantic Railroad Co. managed its operations and subsequent inventory of holdings; investigation into various state agencies, schools and colleges; investigation into the conduct of various judges; investigation into the convict lease system and state penitentiary system; correspondence from the Georgia Education Commission; and report on State Constitution revision.